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ben egbert wrote:
As far as printing at home, do it even if you have the final done professionally. There is no better way to get your brightness dialed in, and brightness is the huge issue with prints. It also allows you to experiment with paper.
The advice for a monitor calibration is equally important.
I have used Qimage for about 10 years. The big advantage is that because printing has so many questions to ask you need something to remember the answers, including profiles and paper settings. This is also true for Qimage, but the UI is so much more intuitive than Photoshop that I prefer Qimage. It also takes care of resizing. My 5DS R prints scarcely need resizing these days but I just let Qimage do the job.
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I have to disagree here. Getting an at home printer setup is expensive and time consuming. Way too expensive and time consuming to do for just proofs. You can order 5x7 proofs from the professional online labs for $0.42 to check color, brightness, everything. Unless you want to invest real time and money in it, home printing is not worth it. If you do invest time and money, the results can be terrific. Of course, so can professional lab results.
Also, if you print at home, realize you need to do it pretty often. I have a 24" Canon Printer in my den that is now a huge money pit. I did not understand you needed to print often to keep the heads from clogging and ink from drying out. I left it for 6-months and it is done with. And it costs $1K to refill the inks, and $1800 for the heads. Not for me. At least I got 2 years out of it and some very nice prints. But, wow, those prints ended up being $$$$.
Now - again, if you do it often, and do it right, I know it can result in real beauty. But, the above is good to keep in mind.
Jerry
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